Revenge of the East Bloc
“Fiendishly clever, Liebnitz,” rasped Chief MacBannock. “Our long-time enemies in the East Bloc, their domestic and foreign policies in tatters after recent events, have been experimenting with new forms of diplomacy. If this catches on, we may all be out of a…
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Uprooting Poverty, the South African Challenge
The main value of this long book, in this reviewer’s opinion, is that it provides indisputable evidence of the direct linkage between political powerlessness and poverty. Another important theme is the vicious circle which coils around poor people. It is nearly impossible…
Bridges of Hope? Canadian Voluntary Agencies and the Third World
The book “Bridges of Hope?” represents one of the most comprehensive and in-depth analysis to date of the nature, complexities, and challenges facing the Canadian NGO community. Without doubt, this book is a “must” for anyone attempting to understand Canadian voluntary agencies,…
A History of Islamic Societies
I met Professor Lapidus on only one occasion, in 1969 when he attended a conference held in honour of the 1000th anniversary of the founding of Cairo. For a young graduate student, this was an opportunity to see and meet the illuminati…
Socialisms: Why Socialists Disagree — And What They Disagree About
According to Anthony Wright, the history of socialism is the story of a broad diversity of competing and substantively differing theories and movement all claiming to be socialist. In his brief introduction to the world of socialism, Wright focuses on the differences…
PAFSO Professional Committee Breakfast Seminars: Spring Preview
The PAFSO Professional Committee is pleased to announce an excellent line up of Breakfast Seminars for the coming months.
Managing Managers: The PAFSO Evaluation Guide (PEG)
There exists a fundamental asymmetry within the Department of External Affairs. The formal appraisal system, like many other aspects of bureaucratic process, works primarily from the top down. This detrimentally affects not only the employee’s ability to make an informed assignment decision,…
Brian Richard Hambleton
Born in Ottawa in 1948, Brian Hambleton was educated at Carleton and Queen’s Universities, joining the Department of External Affairs in 1974. Over the course of his career, he served in Ottawa in the U.N. Institutional Affairs Division, USA Division, US Transboundary…
George Glazebrook
Born in 1899, George Glazebrook was a prominent historian of international relations before arriving in Ottawa in 1942 to take up war-time service in External Affairs in the intelligence and security areas. After leaving to join National Defence in 1948, he returned…
